Daily Devotional from Job 31--Verses 5-6If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit; (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!)Job knows that God is a just God.And he is willing to accept the penalty for any discretion. But in his heart, he thinks he’s innocent; he is a good man. He is even making a list of all of the things he could’ve done wrong ...  Read More

Verse 17The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. When you are in the depths of pain, it feels like it will never end. But remember… all earthly suffering is only temporary. Job’s agony, though overwhelming at the time, was over long ago. Compared to the vastness of eternity, our current trials are only "light and momentary." Take heart, dear friend. This pain is not the ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 29--Verse 2"Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me.”Job is remembering the good old days. While the good old days may be fun to remember, Job was missing one thing. He said, “In the days when God watched over me.” God was still watching over Job; He always had been and would continue to watch over Job all the days of his life. Yet...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 28--Verse 28“And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”King Solomon was known for his wisdom. When God offered to give him anything he wanted, he chose understanding and a discerning heart over riches and long life. Because of this good choice, God gave him a wise and discerning heart, plus what he did...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 27--Verse 3-5“As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,  my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.”I love Job. He has had such a hard lot, yet he refuses to curse God and lie to his friends, saying that all the things...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 26--Verse 13“By his breath the heavens gained their beauty; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.”This verse reminds me of Genesis 1-3. God spoke creation into existence. He formed humans out of the dust and breathed life into us. The serpent deceived us and was cursed, with God promising that one day the serpent would be killed by the seed of the woman. It seems as if Jo...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 25--Verses 5-6“Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in his [God’s] eyes; how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm!”This was spoken by Bildad. Boy, did he have it wrong. Did he not know? Man was created in the IMAGE of GOD. How could he then call man a maggot? David pondered the greatness of God compared to man when h...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 24--Verse 13, 24a“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths… they are exalted a little while, then are gone; they are brought low and gathered up as all others…”To Job and to us, it appears that the ungodly prosper without consequence. They are murderers, thieves, and adulterers without penalty. They do...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 23--Verse 12“I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.”Have you ever been on a fast and dreamily fantasized about what you would have for your next meal? Well, that should remind us of what our soul does every time we fast from the Word of God. We can go days without soul food, or simply feed our minds with spiritual junk food, but there’s a de...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 22--“If you return to the Almighty you will be built up; if you remove injustice far from your tents, if you lay gold in the dust, and gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrent-bed, for then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.”Job‘s friends are still convinced that he has sinned and is suffering as a result.They are encouraging him ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 21--Verse 7“Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?”That sums up this whole chapter: ‘Why do the wicked prosper, while I, a righteous person, am slammed into the ground?’ When we are faced with calamities that seem unfair or undeserved, a sure way to drive ourselves mad is to focus on ‘Why’.We don’t always get to know the reason. Sometimes there’s...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Job 20--In Zophar’s second response to Job, we again see his very linear mindset that good people will have good lives, and wicked people will suffer. And when Zophar encountered a circumstance that could suggest otherwise–like Job’s suffering without a clear cause–he clung to the belief that only wicked people suffer. It’s certainly human nature to think that way, and even t...  Read More